52nd New Brunswick Legislature

Rendition of party representation in the 52nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, at its first session after the 1991 election.

  Liberal MLAs (46)

  Confederation of Regions MLAs (8)

  Progressive Conservative MLAs (3)

  New Democratic MLAs (1)

The 52nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 1991 and was dissolved on August 12, 1995.

Leadership

The speaker from its first meeting until April 25, 1994 was Shirley Dysart, Dysart stepped down as speaker at the request of the government who wanted to appoint Gérald Clavette as speaker. When the legislature met in the fall, Clavette was appointed speaker by motion and shortly thereafter the House adopted new rules to elect the speaker by secret ballot. Clavette resigned to re-seek the office of Speaker under the new rules and was defeated by Dysart who returned to the speakership for the balance of the life of the assembly.

Premier Frank McKenna led the government for the life of the assembly.

The opposition was led for the life of the assembly by Danny Cameron, despite various changes in Cameron's status as leader of the New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party. In 1994, when there became an equality of members (six each) between CoR and the Progressive Conservatives, the Speaker ruled that CoR would retain its position as the official opposition.

Dennis Cochrane led the Progressive Conservatives for the life of the assembly.

Elizabeth Weir led the New Democrats for the life of the assembly.

Members

All were elected in the 32nd general election held on September 11, 1991 except for

• John Lebans elected in a by-election on February 15, 1993
• Dale Graham elected in a by-election on June 28, 1993
• Percy Mockler elected in a by-election on November 29, 1993
• Elvy Robichaud elected in a by-election on September 26, 1994

Three members left their respective caucuses over the course of the assembly to sit as independents:

• Beverly Brine, a former Confederation of Regions member
• Brent Taylor, a former Confederation of Regions member
• Jean Gauvin, a former Progressive Conservative

Members at dissolution

	Electoral District	Name	Party
	Albert	Beverly Brine	Independent
	Bathurst	Marcelle Mersereau	Liberal
	Bay du Vin	Reginald MacDonald	Liberal
	Campbellton	Edmond Blanchard	Liberal
	Caraquet	Bernard Thériault	Liberal
	Carleton Centre	Allison DeLong	Liberal
	Carleton North	Dale Graham	Progressive Conservative
	Carleton South	Bruce A. Smith	Liberal
	Charlotte Centre	Sheldon Lee	Liberal
	Charlotte-Fundy	Eric Allaby	Liberal
	Charlotte West	Reid Hurley	Liberal
	Chatham	Frank McKenna	Liberal
	Dalhousie	Allen Maher	Liberal
	Edmundston	Roland Beaulieu	Liberal
	Fredericton North	Edwin G. Allen	Confederation of Regions
	Fredericton South	Russell H. T. King	Liberal
	Grand Falls	Paul Duffie	Liberal
	Kent Centre	Alan R. Graham	Liberal
	Kent North	Conrad Landry	Liberal
	Kent South	Camille Thériault	Liberal
	Kings Centre	Georgie Day	Liberal
	Kings East	Hazen Myers	Progressive Conservative
	Kings West	Laureen Jarrett	Liberal
	Madawaska-Centre	Gérald Clavette	Liberal
	Madawaska-les-Lacs	Georges Corriveau	Liberal
	Madawaska South	Percy Mockler	Progressive Conservative
	Memramcook	Greg O'Donnell	Liberal
	Miramichi Bay	Danny Gay	Liberal
	Miramichi-Newcastle	John McKay	Liberal
	Moncton East	Raymond Frenette	Liberal
	Moncton North	John Lebans	Liberal
	Moncton West	James E. Lockyer	Liberal
	Nepisiguit-Chaleur	Frank Branch	Liberal
	Nigadoo-Chaleur	Albert Doucet	Liberal
	Oromocto	Ab Rector	Confederation of Regions
	Petitcodiac	Dennis Cochrane	Progressive Conservative
	Queens North	Doug Tyler	Liberal
	Queens South	Vaughn Blaney	Liberal
	Restigouche East	Rayburn Doucett	Liberal
	Restigouche West	Jean-Paul Savoie	Liberal
	Riverview	Gordon Willden	Confederation of Regions
	Saint John East	George J. Jenkins	Liberal
	Saint John-Fundy	Stuart Jamieson	Liberal
	Saint John Harbour	Louis Murphy	Liberal
	Saint John North	Leo McAdam	Liberal
	Saint John Park	Shirley Dysart †	Liberal
	Saint John South	Elizabeth Weir	New Democratic
	Saint John West	Jane Barry	Liberal
	Shediac	Bernard Richard	Liberal
	Shippagan-les-Îles	Jean Gauvin	Independent
	Southwest Miramichi	Brent Taylor	Independent
	St. Stephen-Milltown	Ann Breault	Liberal
	Sunbury	Max White	Confederation of Regions
	Tantramar	Marilyn Trenholme	Liberal
	Tracadie	Elvy Robichaud	Progressive Conservative
	Victoria-Tobique	Larry Kennedy	Liberal
	York North	Gregory James Hargrove	Confederation of Regions
	York South	Danny Cameron	Confederation of Regions

Italics denotes a party leader
† denotes the Speaker

Former members

• Fred Harvey, a Liberal, was first elected to the legislature in the 1987 election, resigned after being convicted of election fraud.
• Michael McKee, a Liberal, was first elected to the legislature in the 1974 election, resigned after being appointed a judge.
• Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais, a Liberal, was first elected to the legislature in the 1987 election, resigned after being elected to the Canadian House of Commons.
• Denis Losier, a Liberal, was first elected to the legislature in a 1988 by-election and resigned in 1994.

See also

• New Brunswick general election, 1991
• Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

References

• Elections in New Brunswick 1984-2006, Elections New Brunswick (pdf)